Jack Crapp

Jack Crapp
Personal information
Full name
John Frederick Crapp
Born(1912-10-14)14 October 1912
St Columb Major, Cornwall, England
Died13 February 1981(1981-02-13) (aged 68)
Knowle, Bristol, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 335)8 July 1948 v Australia
Last Test5 March 1949 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1936–1956Gloucestershire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired4 (1964–1965)
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 7 452
Runs scored 319 23,615
Batting average 29.00 35.03
100s/50s 0/3 38/136
Top score 56 175
Balls bowled 460
Wickets 6
Bowling average 51.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/24
Catches/stumpings 7/– 386/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 July 2016

John Frederick Crapp (14 October 1912 – 13 February 1981),[1] was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1936 and 1956, and played for England on tour in the winter of 1948–49.

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted that Crapp was a "sound rather than spectacular batsman who scored 1,000 runs in all but one of his fifteen seasons – that was 1954, when he struggled with the Gloucestershire captaincy".[1] Crapp went on to become an umpire for twenty two seasons, including standing in four Test matches.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 46. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.